Palisadian Kelly Irvin and her partner Ashley Lee tied for ninth in the Under-19 division at the FIVB World Beach Volleyball Championships last weekend in Horseshoe Bay, Bermuda. In their first pool play match, Irvin and Lee lost to the eventual champions, Beccharra Palmer and Alice Rohkamper of Australia. They bounced back in their second match to outlast a duo from Austria, 16-21, 21-10, 15-13, and won the first game against a team from Italy in their third match before being edged 18-16 in the decisive third game. Irvin and Lee then fell to France in Friday’s elimination round. Seeded seventh out of 24 teams, Irvin and Lee qualified for the international competition by defeating Devon Dykstra (Hermosa Beach) and Megan Saraceno (Redondo Beach) in the U-18 final at the USAV Beach Junior Olympics in July.
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